Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, Haiti
...Papa Noël was afraid to pass through on Christmas Day
In the streets of Port-au-Prince. Bullets were being fired in droves
Sporadically, haphazardly. Many people were hiding under beds
Naughty ter...
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Categories:
tonton, black african american, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Haiti a Basket Case
...Haiti is a basket case.
They marched him down the gangway by
the feared Tonton Macoute, armed men dressed in Hawaii shirts
and slacks, partly concealing their guns
The young thief shivered, I ...
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Categories:
tonton, anti bullying, corruption, pain,
Form: Blank verse